Improvement in wash-boiler attachments



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

WILLIAM W. GLANVILLE, OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, IOWA..

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOILER ATTACHMENTS.`

Specification formirg part of Letters Patent No. 144,531, dated November 11, 1873; application filed January 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM W. GLANvILLE,

' residing near Dowvi11e,in the county of Crawford and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wash-Boiler Attachment, of which the following is a speciiication:

This invention relates to certain improvements in attachments to wash-boilers, which 'will eiiectually and thoroughly cleanse the clothing while the same is being boiled; and to this end the invention consists of a perforated plate supported within the boiler, and

provided with a wedge-shaped perforated projection extending from about the center of the plate, Whereby, when the water and clothing are placed in the boiler," and steam generated,

the stea-m and water will pass up through the perforations, and permeate every portion of the clothing, and by this means thoroughlyr cleanse the same.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a side 'view of the improved attachment for washboilers;` Fig. 2, an end view thereof; Fig. 3, a top view ofthe same, and Fig. 4 a perspective view of a wash-boiler with my improved attachment applied thereto.

The letter C represents a plate or diaphragm, which is preferably of the form shownthat is, with rounded ends--and is provided with perforations, and with a rim or ilange, E, projectin g from beneath the plate, for supporting the latter in the boiler above the bottom of the same. Extending from about the middle of this perforated diaphragm O is a Wedge-shaped perforated projection, A, which extends up into the boiler D when the attachment is placed therein.

The attachment `is placed within the boiler D, as shown in Fig. 4, the rim or flange' E supporting it at a slight distance from the bottom of the boiler, and when the water and cloth- ,ing are placed therein, and steam` generated,

the steam and water will pass up through the perforations, and permeate through and over the entire body of clothing, the result being a thorough and effectual clean sing of the clothes.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new and 

